Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

John E. Northrup

35Patents
10h-index
35Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 29, 1993 → Jan 29, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6064078A Formation of group III-V nitride films on sapphire substrates with reduced dislocation densities Electricity 119 Expired
US6416158B1 Ballistic aerosol marking apparatus with stacked electrode structure Performing Operations; Transporting 42 Expired
US9401452B2 P-side layers for short wavelength light emitters Electricity 30 Active
US6437374B1 Semiconductor device and method of forming a semiconductor device Electricity 23 Expired
US5455429A Semiconductor devices incorporating p-type and n-type impurity induced layer disordered material Electricity 23 Expired
US9252329B2 Ultraviolet light emitting devices having compressively strained light emitting layer for enhanced light extraction Electricity 21 Active
US5376583A Method for producing P-type impurity induced layer disordering Electricity 19 Expired
US6618418B2 Dual III-V nitride laser structure with reduced thermal cross-talk Electricity 15 Expired
US5608753A Semiconductor devices incorporating p-type and n-type impurity induced layer disordered material Electricity 14 Expired
US6744072B2 Substrates having increased thermal conductivity for semiconductor structures Electricity 11 Expired
US6869821B2 Method for producing organic electronic devices on deposited dielectric materials Electricity 10 Expired
US5574745A Semiconductor devices incorporating P-type and N-type impurity induced layer disordered material Electricity 9 Expired
US8964796B2 Structure for electron-beam pumped edge-emitting device and methods for producing same Electricity 8 Active
US7235430B2 Substrates having increased thermal conductivity for semiconductor structures Electricity 6 Expired
US9112331B2 Surface emitting laser incorporating third reflector Electricity 6 Active
US9419194B2 Transparent electron blocking hole transporting layer Electricity 5 Active
US6583449B2 Semiconductor device and method of forming a semiconductor device Electricity 5 Expired
US9112332B2 Electron beam pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser Electricity 5 Active
US9219189B2 Graded electron blocking layer Electricity 4 Active
US8330144B2 Semi-polar nitride-based light emitting structure and method of forming same Electricity 3 Active
US9124062B2 Optically pumped surface emitting lasers incorporating high reflectivity/bandwidth limited reflector Electricity 3 Active
US9705288B2 Electron beam pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser Electricity 1 Active
US7310358B2 Semiconductor lasers Electricity 1 Expired
US8247249B2 Semi-polar nitride-based light emitting structure and method of forming same Electricity 1 Active
US9660134B1 Nitride semiconductor polarization controlled device Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.